Special Events Recordings
OPEN HOUSE/TOWN HALL MEETINGS
- Town Hall - October 20, 2023
- Annual Meeting - April 21, 2023
- Open House - September 13, 2022
- Annual Meeting PowerPoint - April 8, 2022
- Open House - February 22, 2022
- Town Hall - October 22, 2021
Serendipities!
- Bernard Kempinski, Introduction to the Railroads of the Civil War, February 4, 2021
- Dan Sherman, Rodgers Without Hammerstein, June 24, 2021
RodgerswithoutHammersteinHandout.pdf - Dan Sherman, Tradition: The Music of Bock and Harnick, June 30, 2021
BockandHarnickHandout.pdf - David Kuney, On Rockingham Street: Reclaiming My Family’s Jewish Identity—Our Journey from Vilna to the Suburban Soutt, July 28, 2021
- Mark Gottlieb, Planning for Medicare Annual Enrollment: Know Your Options, September 30, 2021
MarkGottliebContactInfo.pdf - Helen Schwartz, How to Steal Priceless French Art, October 7, 2021
- Amanda Frost, You Are Not American: Citizenship Stripping from Dred Scott to the Dreamers, October 14, 2021
- Dan Sherman, Celebrating Frank Loesser, October 28, 2021
Frank Loesser.pdf - Dan Sherman, West Side Story: Then and Now, November 4, 2021
ResourcesforWestSideStory.pdf - Kimberly & Carl Weichel, Uncovering New Possibilities: Insights From Our Tim, November 15, 2021
- Dennis Drabelle, The Power of Scenery: Frederick Law Olmsted and the Origin of National Parks, December 16, 2021
- Dan Sherman, Celebrating John Williams at 90, February 1, 2022
- Dan Moskowitz, The Songs of World War II, March 3, 2022
- Doug Stowell, How Does the U.S. Rank Globally? A Top 10 Summary for 2022
PowerPoint.pdf - Nick Glakas, In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
- George Stevens Jr., Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington, June 22, 2022
- Dan Sherman, Danny Kaye: King of the Jesters, June 29, 2022
- Judy Ikels, Death in Wartime China, A Daughter’s Discovery, October 3, 2022
- Dan Sherman, We'll Always Have Paris: Casablanca at 80, November 9, 2022
- Dan Moskowitz, The Lyrics of Mack Gordon, February 7, 2023
- Dan Sherman, The Incomparable Katharine Hepburn, March 21, 2023
- Claire de Caumont-Luisi, A Fascination with WWI Trench Art, April 5, 2023
- Dan Sherman, Charlie Chaplin: The Tramp Who Made Us Cry, June 28, 2023
- Derek Leebaert, Unlikely Heroes: Franklin Roosevelt, His Four Lieutenants, and the World They Made, July 11, 2023
- Dan Moskowitz, Ira Without George: The Rest of Ira Gershwin's Heritage of Songs, September 13, 2023
- Dalia Lithwick, Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America, September 21, 2023
- Gerry Mansell, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, November 13, 2023
- Kim & Carl Weichel, Discovering the New Sounds of Jazz: Highlights from the 2022-23 Monterey Jazz Festivals
Virtual Tours
- Heart of DC Series! - Part 6 - July 18, 2023
- Heart of DC Series! - Part 5 - January 11, 2023
- Heart of DC Series! - Part 4 - Virtual Tour of Old Town Alexandria, August 3, 2022
- Heart of DC Series! - Part 3 - May 10, 2022
- Heart of DC Series! - Part 2 - November 9, 2021
- Heart of DC Series! - Part 1 - July 19, 2021
- Casa Mia's The Cinema & Food of Rome, June 29, 2021
- Casa Mia's The Jewish Community of Rome, May 25, 2021
- Tour of the U Street Murals in Washington, DC with Barbara Longnecker, April 27, 2021
- Ed Ingebretsen, Talk and Tour: Enslaved Washington, DC (1790-2023), March 30, 2023
BLOOmsday
- BLOOMSDAY June 16, 2021
Revisiting Washington's Black History Recordings
Presented in Partnership with the DC History Center.
January 5, 2021
The Quander Family, Nearly 300 Years in America
Lecture by Rohulamin Quander, retired Senior Administrative Judge for DC and Founder, Quander Historical Society
January 12, 2021
Washington’s Role in American Music
Conversation with Maurice Jackson, Associate Professor, Georgetown University, and Davey Yarborough, Chairman and Artistic Director, Washington Jazz Arts Institute, plus introduction and kibitzing by Milton Coleman, retired Senior Editor, The Washington Post, and DC music aficionado.
January 19, 2021
Howard University--Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris’ Alma Mater
Lecture by Michael Winston, PhD, former Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Howard University, with introduction by Carole Watson, retired Acting Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities
January 26, 2021
Covenants, Redlining and Segregation
Presentation by Mara Cherkasky, Co-director, Mapping Segregation in Washington DC, followed by panel with Edward Hayes JD, President Emeritus, Chevy Chase Citizens Association and former Chair, So Others Might Eat; James Jones, JD, MD, former Director, DC Youth Opportunity Services; and James Pittman, Dunbar Alumni Federation and Founder, Historic Kappa House Restoration Foundation; moderated by Colbert King, columnist, The Washington Post.
Here are links to information that was shared during the session:
- Mapping Segregation DC
- Mara Cherkasky's email
- "Racial Covenants and Segregation, Yesterday and Today." The Joseph and Gwendolyn Straus Institute for the Advanced Study of Law & Justice. Professor J.H.H.Weiler, Director, Straus Institute, Straus Working Paper 08/10 Richard R.W. Brooks and Carol M. Rose.
- "Restrictive Covenants Stubbornly Stay on the Books," New York TImes, April 21, 2005.
- The Public Service Commission, Washington, DC. PSC Centennial Book Publication, The First Hundred Years Protecting the Public Interest, 1913-2013